Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 10 (Professional Scientists) and 18 (Psychiatric Technician)

Sep 9, 2025 - The Legislature ratified an agreement with Unit 18 through Chapter  25 of 2025 (SB  139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) that suspends the state and employee contributions to prefunding retiree health benefits in 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5073

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - We consider the agreement to be a successor MOU, meaning it is subject to the Legislative Analyst ’s Office ’s review process established under Section 19829.5 rather than the JLBC review process under Item 9800.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - As mentioned above, the Legislature has ratified agreements to achieve budgetary savings in 2025-26 with 19 of the bargaining units—agreements with 18 of these units were ratified through Chapter 25 of 2025 (SB 139, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) and the agreement with Unit 6 (Corrections) was ratified through Chapter 26 of 2025 (SB 140, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We think that the new biennial review of bargaining units ’ compensation was a step in the right direction. However, the process can be improved further. In our experience, compensation studies that are developed using methodologies agreed to at the bargaining table have proven to be unhelpful in understanding how competitive the state is as an employer across the state or where state employees actually work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections) [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2025 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5058

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - We consider the agreement to be a successor MOU, meaning it is subject to the Legislative Analyst ’s Office ’s review process established under Section 19829.5 rather than the JLBC review process under Item 9800.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Jun 27, 2025 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5061

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 19 (Health and Social Services/Professional)

Sep 1, 2023 - While there currently is one authorized position in this classification, the administration’s fiscal estimates indicate that the administration proposes adding 10.5 additional positions in the classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4797

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - These efforts added to the already high workload  at  EDD. Under Longstanding EDD Practices, Workers Must Pass Multiple Identity Tests. When an unemployed worker submits a claim for UI payments, EDD confirms the worker ’s identifying information with the federal Social Security Administration and the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542